Saint Clare of Assisi († 1253) was one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi and the founder the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition, who wrote their Rule of Life, the first set of monastic guidelines known to have been written by a woman. She is a patron of Eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry, television, embroiderers, gilders, good weather, needleworkers, Santa Clara Pueblo, and Obando.